coordinate

1. 1.

   a number that identifies a position relative to an axis

   Synonymsco-ordinate

   Broadernumber

   NarrowerCartesian coordinatepolar coordinate

1. 1.

   of equal importance, rank, or degree

   Similarequal

Other forms of coordinate

plural

coordinates·

past tense or participle

co ordinate

past tense or participle

co ordinated

past tense or participle

co ordinates

present participle

co ordinating

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about coordinate

What does coordinate mean?

coordinate means "bring order and organization to". That is the primary sense; the word has 6 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in coordinate?

coordinate has 4 syllables: co-or-di-nate. The stress falls on "or". In IPA it is /koʊˈɔɹdənət/.

What is another word for coordinate?

Close synonyms include organize, organise, align, ordinate, co-ordinate. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is coordinate a common word?

coordinate is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.